Lexicon megaloprepés: befitting a great one Original Word: μεγαλοπρεπής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: megaloprepés Phonetic Spelling: (meg-al-op-rep-ace') Short Definition: magnificent, superb, transcendent Definition: magnificent, superb, transcendent, majestic. HELPS word-Studies 3169 megaloprepḗs (from 3178 /méthē, "great by comparison" and 4241 /prépō, "make becoming, appropriate") – properly, fitting ("befitting") what is magnificent and splendid (full of majesty); "sublime" (Thayer); "unusually attractive and beautiful – 'very wonderful, sublime' " (L & N, 1, 79.14). 3169 /megaloprepḗs ("awesomely majestic") only occurs in 2 Pet 1:17. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom megas and prepóDefinitionbefitting a great one NASB TranslationMajestic (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3169: μεγαλοπρεπήςμεγαλοπρεπής, μεγαλοπρεπες, genitive μεγαλοπρεποῦς, ( μέγας, and πρέπει it is becoming (see πρέπω)), befitting a great man, magnificent, splendid; full of majesty, majestic: 2 Peter 1:17. (2 Macc. 8:15 2Macc. 15:13; 3Macc. 2:9; Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, others.)
Strong's excellent. From megas and prepo; befitting greatness or magnificence (majestic) -- excellent. see GREEK megas see GREEK prepo |
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